Mannion to start for OSU Saturday

CORVALLIS — Oregon State coach Mike Riley said Monday that Sean Mannion will start at quarterback in Saturday's season finale against Nicholls State, but Cody Vaz probably will play, too.

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Posted Nov. 27, 2012 at 12:20 AM
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CORVALLIS — Oregon State coach Mike Riley said Monday that Sean Mannion will start at quarterback in Saturday's season finale against Nicholls State, but Cody Vaz probably will play, too.

"I know we'll start Sean, and we'll see from there,'' said Riley, who said he is giving the two-quarterback idea some thought. "If we decide to substitute, it's certainly not for this game — I've been thinking about that for a long time.

"I don't know that we'll do it, but we might. We've got two starting quarterbacks.''

Mannion and Vaz split the reps with the first team fairly evenly at Monday's practice, and Vaz seemed to be moving just fine on his sprained left ankle.

"Nothing changes for me,'' Vaz said. "I just prepare like I always have, and I'll be ready to go.''

Mannion has started the past two games, including the Civil War, partly because Vaz is still recovering from that ankle sprain he suffered at Stanford on Nov. 10.